Fri Sep 15, 2023 – 2:37 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to allow the Biden administration to continue urging the social media censorship of content that the government considers “misinformation.”
In a September 14 decision, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said on behalf of the Court that the Biden administration could temporarily continue its efforts to persuade social media companies to remove certain content, including so-called “COVID-19 misinformation,” Reuters reported.
The decision came after the Biden administration earlier that day asked for a stay on an “unprecedented” injunction handed down by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals preventing government officials from urging social media companies to censor posts that the government finds undesirable.
The Supreme Court’s Thursday decision allows the government until September 22 to prepare and submit a formal appeal to the Supreme Court before the injunction barring government interference with Big Tech takes effect.
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Prior to the September 14 decision, the Fifth Circuit’s injunction barring government interference would have taken effect on Monday.
In the 297-page filing, the Biden administration
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